Inherit the Wind
dir. Stanley Kramer
80
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Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
Directed byStanley Kramer
StarringSpencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan
Written byNedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
CinematographyErnest Laszlo
EditingFrederic Knudtson
MusicErnest Gold
Inherit the Wind
1960 · NR · 2h 8m
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Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
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